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Forde; Lieut. Lor' Strattedens Lieut." G. Whitaker: Myddelton; Lieut, Lieut. R. Bucknall; Lieut, Walter Barthlet, mn; Li L. Preston; Lieut. H. M. Sainthill 2nd Lieut. J. C. Campbell; 2nd lent. H, R. Norman; 2nd Lieut, Anstruther Gray; 2nd Lieut. A. W. A. Smith; 2nd. Lieut. E. L. Gibbs; and 2nd Lieut, Somerset and It. Q. M.S. D. D. Jones. Battalion Sgt.-Major W. Kyte has been with the battalion 18 years It is' understood that tt tallest man in the battalion is the commanding officer's orderly, Pte, Rouse, who 6 ft. 63 in, He is familiarly known, as The Battalion Ashore 1
'A Duna SexrRy AT Tie Dawei ox Bousvary Roxb Space is provided for mines and two seaplanes, Fire control is, lon up-to-date lines, and con-with it six searchlights are carried, The Sumatra carries a crew of 36 officers, 29 petty-officers and 350
Avrangemsnts were made for the Lattalion to come ashore yesterday afternoon to engage in' physical, training in the neighbourhood of the wharf, while the commanding officer proceeded to Jessfield Park to me spect the billets which the men will occupy there, a The battalion will leave the Old Ningpo Wharf at 1,30 p.m, today for Jessfield, where they will he enlisted men. The vessel is bound billeted, for the Netherlands East Indies where the crew wil ought brought Her' present trip will be of a leisurely description, in the course of which she will pass through the Panama canal and will pay at 'a number of foreign country It is not known how long she wil main in Shanghai,
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